Honkai Impact 3: Deadwood

Before he fell unconscious, he heard a question that the girl he once cherished had never asked him in previous reunions.

"Xiaozhi, do you think... that child really wants "destruction"? "

Before hearing this question, the captain had already made up his mind to protect the safety of everyone including Kiana, but the people he wanted to protect at that time did not include a girl named Xilin.

On the contrary, in order to save Kiana without sacrificing Himeko or Akagi, he had planned to use the "Key of God" in the hands of an old friend: "Yu Duchen" to directly eliminate Sirin's consciousness in Kiana's body.

Although launching that attack alone would also burn his soul, which was already being corroded by "Honkai Impact", in terms of the outcome, this was the last and best solution he could think of.

However, after losing consciousness, the question from Alicia kept lingering in his mind, and he had to rethink the meaning of this question and the meaning she hoped he could understand.

And just as he was thinking this, he heard a strong echo in Xilin's heart that even she herself was not aware of.

“Don’t die! You are not allowed to die! You are the only one who cares about me. How can I let you escape from me so easily!”

The moment he heard the echo of the girl's soul whom he failed to save sixteen years ago, he understood what Alicia wanted him to know after forgetting everything else except saving everyone.

That's right. What he should do is not just to save Kiana or defeat Sirin.

What really needs to be accomplished with his full strength is something that only he can do and that can be accomplished——

When he fully understood all of this and the girl's intentions, the pain in his soul and body finally stopped growing.

Although his soul and body were still suffering from torture that ordinary people could not endure, the growth of that pain was indeed temporarily suppressed by something.

The evidence is that, underneath the tattered clothes that barely wrap his body, his body is gradually being covered with bright pink crystals...

It was clearly me who ended the inheritance of "Siyuan" and her feelings in my hands, but, as expected, she had seen through my thoughts a long time ago?

The captain reorganized all the information in his mind, closed his eyes for a short time, then opened them again and looked firmly at the white-haired girl in the distance.

"I want to rescue Kiana and take her back to Saint Freya. This is the agreement between me and them, but I will not give up the other soul in her body. For this... Xilin, I will be here and do my best to "defeat" you!"

After savoring the boy's determined words, the white-haired Herrscher sighed in disappointment: "Heh... after saying so much, you're still planning to go against me in the end...?"

Through the wet long hair that was blown by the heavy rain and strong wind and stuck to the face, the golden eyes with the cross of destiny engraved on them looked towards the dark red sky that had not yet ushered in the dawn.

The lightning roared wildly in the clouds, emitting a shrill light, and the cold raindrops hit the girl's face, washing away all the unshed tears in her eyes.

When the next thunder came, Xilin slowly retracted her eyes that were staring at the sky. The lightning illuminated half of her pale but still beautiful face, and the aura of Honkai energy emanating from her became stronger than ever before.

"I am the Herrscher, the messenger of God. Destruction is my mission. I will destroy this false world, and... you!"

With an expression of devilish anger on her beautiful face, the Queen of Honkai, who reigns over the world, once again issues her final edict to the poor humans who raised the sword of rebellion against her.

"I won't let you succeed, Herrscher. He and I will definitely stop you, Xiaozhi!"

The red right pupil emitted a faint red light again as he spoke. The boy raised his empty left hand in the rainstorm, and a golden sword flew from the girl's severed right hand in a pool of blood in the distance and was held tightly in the captain's hand.

"Xuan-Yuan Sword...?"

The moment the young man held it in his hand, the golden sword began to emit a dazzling golden light like the sun's flame, and the sword itself also rapidly changed size and shape in his hand.

This special god-killing weapon will take on different forms in the hands of different recognized masters, and its final form and ability are completely determined by the user's mentality. This is the "Key of the Tenth God" - the Key of Domination.

The blinding light illuminated the long night of the "Third Airport". The golden sword body turned into traceless black in the light. The sword body collapsed in an instant, and reassembled in an instant, and finally turned into an inky black blade corresponding to the size of the "Trace of Nothingness" held tightly in the captain's right hand.

"When the sword is completed, its brilliance penetrates the sky, the sun and the moon compete for brilliance, the stars dodge, and the ghosts and gods wail."

In the legends that have been passed down in Shenzhou for thousands of years, the "Sword of Benevolence" is highly respected by people in later generations. It is indestructible but not murderous.

Its name is————"Zhanlu".

There is spirit in coming out of it, and there is power in obeying it.

The young man holding two swords stood on the ground beside the sky. His body was driven by two souls that were one and the same. The mortals heading to the end took a fighting stance against the "God".

This act of defying God's will made Xilin abandon the last bit of worry in her heart. The angry evil spirit and the energy of collapse were released at the same time, turning the rain around the "Hersher of the Sky" into white mist.

This is destined to be a contest of great disparity in strength, and also destined to be a fierce battle full of suffering, but before the last moment when he has to give up Sirin, the captain must fight with all his strength, even if it means hurting Kiana's body in the process, and try his best to consume the power in Sirin's body while giving the "Key of Space" time to restore energy.

Everything is for the final "attempt".